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Keb wrote:It's a god's axe that's been enchanted by with a (head of pantheon) god's spell so that it has the power to pierce a god's armor.

It wounded Apocalypse because it hit his shoulder. It killed a Celestial because it split that muthafucka's head open. Last I checked, axes to the head > axes to the shoulder.

Celestials have shrugged off attacks from weapons enchanted by the heads of pantheons, by Odin himself. They curbstomped the "Skyfathers" last time they ran afoul of them. But ignoring all of that past continuity, the plot point fails because it contradicts what happens in Remender's own story. Last issue, Apocalypse, a servant of the Celestials, is only wounded by the weapon. This issue, one of the creatures that juiced him up and are infinitely more powerful than is, gets killed by it. Its bad writing designed to make the Apocalypse characters out to be a threat at the expense of logic.

The enchantment is that the weapon can pierce celestial armor but only to be used if celestial judgment favors execution. Basically a failsafe to ensure survival of the gods. Thor hit apocalypse but the axe embedded into his shoulder. When Uriel hits the celestial gardener, he gets him in the head and it releases the celestial's energy, effectively killing him.

Edit: two things we aren't given: the creator of the enchantment and we also don't know 100% about celestials' weaknesses.

Keb wrote:The enchantment is that the weapon can pierce celestial armor but only to be used if celestial judgment favors execution. Basically a failsafe to ensure survival of the gods. Thor hit apocalypse but the axe embedded into his shoulder. When Uriel hits the celestial gardener, he gets him in the head and it releases the celestial's energy, effectively killing him.

Edit: two things we aren't given: the creator of the enchantment and we also don't know 100% about celestials' weaknesses.

We do know that Apocalpyse's armor was a gift from the Celestials and it shouldn't be more effective than what they wear.